Two-speed coffeebreak QUICK CLUES

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

Trade British craft with hesitation (6)

Same sort of stitching (4) Spoken of morality (4) Emphasis on pronunciation (6) Attentive to wrong part (4) Leave out of room itself (4) Dog really captured monster (4)

Wander out of terror (3)

Insect of character, say (3) Doctor finds the French spy (4) Question what time wife will meet bride (4)

23 Get a new entrance (4)

24 Make an effort on a tune (6) 25 Pleased with simplicity (4)

26 Arrange by type (4)

27 Deal with one outburst (6)

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Brian turned out to be a thinker (5)

Eric prepared some food (4) Reversible hub? (5)

Possibly airs a dress (4)

Happy to be told not to start (6) Heath has time to get car (5) Lame sort of dinner, say (4) Willing bird (4)

Wept about queen getting tin mixture (6)

Fake coach has to go back (5) Start playing notes (5)

Feeling that may be common (5)

Hate adjusting temperature (4)

22 Long story about a gas (4) Solutions in next week’s

Sunday Mirror

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Exchange (6) Cerebrum (5) Join (4) Cereal

Verbal (4) plant (4) Symbol on Helicopter a letter (6) part (5) Spellbound (4) Indian Neglect (4) dress (4) Fiend (4) 5 Delighted (6) Stray (3) 6 Engine (5) Drone, eg (3) 11 Repast (4) Burrowing 13 Pastime (4) mammal (4) 15 Alloy (6)

20 Question word (4) 16 Sham (5)

23 Portal (4) 18 Beginning (5) 24 Exert (6) 19 Intuit (5)

25 Relax (4) 21 Warmth (4) 26 Organise (4) 22 Prose

27 Angry speech (6) narrative (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror 1 4 7 8

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